Add a mantra to the directory

This directory is built from what practitioners bring to it. If a mantra from your tradition is missing, add it here.

What happens next

A person reads every submission. Nothing publishes automatically.
We check the script, the transliteration, and the source before it goes live.
Review usually takes a week. We will email you either way.
You are credited by name unless you tell us not to be.

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The mantraName requiredHow this mantra is usually referred to in English. For example, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra.Original scriptIn its own writing system, if you can provide it. Leave blank if not.Language of the original requiredTransliteration requiredWritten in the Latin alphabet, as it is pronounced.Meaning requiredA plain translation, in your own words. Describe rather than promise.

Where it comes fromTradition requiredLineage or schoolSource requiredWhere this comes from: a text, a teacher, a published translation, or a living oral tradition.

How it is practicedTypical repetition countNotes on practiceTime of day, posture, whether it is spoken aloud or silent, and conventions a newcomer would not know.

YouYour name requiredPublished as the contributor unless you ask below. Credit me anonymouslyEmail requiredNot published, and not added to any list unless you tick the box below. Send me the occasional practice note as well

Please only submit mantras you are able to represent accurately. If a tradition treats a mantra as restricted to initiates, do not submit it here.